Tim - The SuccessManiac | Success-Maniacs https://www.success-maniacs.com Where Values Meet Success Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:10:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 What is Failure to You? https://www.success-maniacs.com/what-is-failure-to-you/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:00:06 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1515 Failure, like Success, is a personal thing. It can only be defined by you for you. I can’t tell you when you’ve failed, except by using your own definition. I can’t even tell you that you’ve failed if you quit trying because you can legitimately discard some Goals without being a failure. Probably the only […]

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Three Reasons We Get Off the Success Track https://www.success-maniacs.com/three-reasons-we-get-off-the-success-track/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:00:30 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1512 Success is a journey. We’ve all heard this before. It’s a simple concept and powerful too because it’s so obviously true. Success is about getting from where we are to where we want to go. Simple as that. Get your map out and get started. You’ll be there in no time.  Right? OK. That’s not […]

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Mental Hoarding Will Kill Your Goal Achievement https://www.success-maniacs.com/mental-hoarding-will-kill-your-goal-achievement/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:00:18 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1457 You’ve probably seen, or at least heard of, the show, Hoarders. It’s about people who have become so attached to their things that they can’t bear to let them go or throw them away. It gets so bad in many cases on the show that houses are unsafe to live in. Junk clutters the entire […]

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How Do I Commit TOTALLY to My Goals? https://www.success-maniacs.com/how-do-i-commit-totally-to-my-goals/ Sun, 31 Mar 2019 13:23:25 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1446 Commitment is one of the scariest words in any language. It has so much meaning, possibility, opportunity and responsibility wrapped up in those three little syllables. When we commit to something, we make a promise at least to ourselves and often to others. These promises are show that we are serious, driven and all in. […]

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4 Reasons Why You Need Health Goals https://www.success-maniacs.com/4-reasons-why-you-need-health-goals/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 12:56:42 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1437 Many people will tell you that you need to have Goals in each of a set of defined categories. I’m less strict about that, but I definitely think you should have Goals for your Health. How do you have health Goals you may ask? First you need to take stock of where you are right […]

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Weight Loss Goal Update – FINALLY https://www.success-maniacs.com/weight-loss-goal-update-finally/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:27:52 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1434 Weight loss progress update. I'm down to 240.9 pounds for a total weight loss of 19.1 pounds. Focusing on getting back to an early wake up time and exercise.

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3 Reasons Working Alone Kills Your Success https://www.success-maniacs.com/3-reasons-working-alone-kills-your-success/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:33:04 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1428 One of the biggest problems people have in achieving their Goals is that they get discouraged, distracted or diverted from the end result. Given the level of cultural noise most of us experience today, it can be extremely difficult to focus on what needs to be done. I speak from experience here. I find myself […]

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Progress Depends on Doing the Little Things Daily https://www.success-maniacs.com/progress-depends-on-doing-the-little-things-daily/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:41:05 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1158 As we work towards our Goals, it’s easy to get discouraged, because we don’t always see progress. We want a quick result or at least something we can see every time we look, but that’s not how we should measure progress all the time. Sometimes, our progress has to be measured in the daily actions […]

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Weight Loss Goal Update – 2019-02-01 https://www.success-maniacs.com/weight-loss-goal-update-2019-02-01/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:08:07 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1155 OK. OK. I know that today’s date isn’t really February 1st. However, that’s the day I actually did the weigh-in for the week. So, what was this week’s number? 244.1 pounds! That’s an even 2 pounds of lost weight, .5 pounds more than the goal for the week. Great progress last week. That makes the […]

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Goals vs Resolutions https://www.success-maniacs.com/goals-vs-resolutions/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:01:02 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1152 As we near the end of January of the New Year, it’s that magical time for two groups of people. For those who have Resolutions for the New Year, the overwhelming majority either have or shortly will give up and return to their old lives or at least pretending to work on change in their […]

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Values Based Success – Why It’s Important https://www.success-maniacs.com/values-based-success-why-its-important/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:27:45 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1140 Values Based Success is about creating change in your life based on the Values that are important to you. Your Values are the foundation of the results that you get in life, so you need to choose Values that are truly important to you, not others. You need to craft a plan that supports those […]

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Weight Loss Goal Update – 2019-01-25 https://www.success-maniacs.com/weight-loss-goal-update-2019-01-25/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:49:00 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1138 I missed last week’s update, and I really am kicking myself for it. First I want to do this every week and second, I had a really good week last week. Had a good week this week too. So, here we go… On January 18th I weighed in at 247.6 pounds for a loss of […]

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3 Reasons Why People Fail at New Year’s Resolutions https://www.success-maniacs.com/3-reasons-why-people-fail-at-new-years-resolutions/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:38:58 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1135 Each year on January 1st, a large segment of the population think they become super-achievers and Goal-Setters. They “set” New Year’s Resolutions, firmly (sort of) intending to change their lives. Some people loudly proclaim their resolutions. By the end of January, almost all of them are done. They aren’t done because they’ve accomplished their resolutions, […]

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Productivity Is a Trap When Pursuing Your Goals https://www.success-maniacs.com/productivity-is-a-trap-when-pursuing-your-goals/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:13:07 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1133 Broadly speaking productivity is the measurement of how much you get done how quickly. We want to see our personal productivity rise, especially as we’re trying to achieve greater and greater Goals. It gives us a great sense of satisfaction and achievement to get more done in less time, as it should. The productivity trap […]

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Celebrating Your Success With Rewards https://www.success-maniacs.com/celebrating-your-success-with-rewards/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 14:04:30 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1131 One of the ways we motivate ourselves to achieve our Goals is to give ourselves rewards for Success along the way. When we reach a milestone Goal, overcome a particularly difficult obstacle or finish the work of achieving the Goal itself, it’s a great idea to build in a reward for these achievements. Why do […]

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